Scrap pieces of copper sit in a wooden barrel on the floor of the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg

Photo: Ty Wright, Bloomberg

Scrap pieces of copper sit in a wooden barrel on the floor of the D...

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Coppersmith Rex Bittner uses a hammer to planish, hardening and polish, the bottom of a 9 inch copper kettle in the planishing area at the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Rex Bittner

A brazing rod is heated by the flame of a acetylene torch as coppersmith Rex Bittner brazes together the seem of a copper kettle at the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg

Photo: Ty Wright, Bloomberg

A brazing rod is heated by the flame of a acetylene torch as...

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Coppersmith Rex Bittner uses a hammer to planish, hardening and polish, the bottom of a 9 inch copper kettle in the planishing area at the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Rex Bittner

Unfinished copper kettles sit stacked in the fabrication area at the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg

Coppersmith Rex Bittner uses a hammer to planish, hardening and polish, the bottom of a 9 inch copper kettle in the planishing area at the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Rex Bittner

Coppersmith Steve Shiffer uses an electric saw to cut sections of rod steel to bend and creating the rim of the kettles at the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Steve Shiffer

An employee uses a buffing pad to polish the sides of an ash bucket at the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg

Photo: Ty Wright, Bloomberg

An employee uses a buffing pad to polish the sides of an ash bucket...

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Coppersmith Rex Bittner uses the flame from a forging table to heat up parts from a copper kettle at the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Rex Bittner

Photo: Ty Wright, Bloomberg

Coppersmith Rex Bittner uses the flame from a forging table to heat...

Coppersmith Steve Shiffer is silhouetted as he works in the fabrication area at the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Steve Shiffer

Photo: Ty Wright, Bloomberg

Coppersmith Steve Shiffer is silhouetted as he works in the...

Coppersmith Steve Shiffer is silhouetted as he works in the... Photo-3885072.53831 - SFGate

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Copper utensils hang from a wire in the fabrication area at the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg

Photo: Ty Wright, Bloomberg

Copper utensils hang from a wire in the fabrication area at the D...

Copper utensils hang from a wire in the fabrication area at the D... Photo-3885073.53831 - SFGate

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Smithing tools sit above one of the forging tables at the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg

Photo: Ty Wright, Bloomberg

Smithing tools sit above one of the forging tables at the D Picking...

Smithing tools sit above one of the forging tables at the D Picking... Photo-3885071.53831 - SFGate

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Scraps of copper metal sit pild in a wooden barrell on the floor of the fabrication area at the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg

Photo: Ty Wright, Bloomberg

Scraps of copper metal sit pild in a wooden barrell on the floor of...

Coppersmith Rex Bittner uses a hammer to planish, hardening and polish, the bottom of a 9 inch copper kettle in the planishing area at the D Picking & Co. facility in Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Copper rose on bets that moves by the Federal Reserve to expand economic stimulus will weaken the dollar and boost demand in the U.S., the world's second-largest user of the metal. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Rex Bittner